Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Eurac Research
- Department
- Institute for Earth Observation
- Research Field
- Computer scienceComputer science » Digital systems
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Italy
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by an EU programme
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
Eurac Research is an interdisciplinary research centre located in Bolzano, Italy. At the Institute for Earth Observation (EO) we do research on monitoring of environmental parameter and processes with earth observation and climate data in mountain regions and are hosting a huge amount of earth observation data for the alpine region on our in-house compute and storage clusters. The person we are looking for will contribute to research in our institute by supporting our ongoing development of openEO based on cloud native technologies pushing the frontiers of distributed and federated computing in Earth Observation. We strongly encourage female applicants for this position.
Requirements
Continues Development of openEO back-end in cloud native environments
Optimization of scalable compute tasks in distributed compute environment (cloud & HPC), including CPU and GPU based nodes.
Integration of object storage into openEO collections
Logging and error tracking in distributed and micro service-based architecture
Requirements:
Essential
Degree in geo-informatics, computer science, informatics engineering or similar qualification
Knowledge of container-based cluster computing (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
Knowledge of HPC computing and the usage of tools such as Slurm
Experience working with a Linux environment and command-line (shell)
Experience with the usage of version control systems, preferably git, and with GitHub/GitLab platform and their CI/CD integrations.
Experience with SQL and database management systems, e.g. PostgreSQL.
Deep knowledge in at least one programming language; preferably python and/or java.
Good understanding and experience of geospatial data (raster & vector)
Ability in team working, good communication, motivation to learn and flexibility.
Very good English (spoken and written). German and/or Italian skills are highly appreciated
Relocating to Bolzano
Desired
Data analysis and visualization skills for spatial and temporal data
Experience in earth observation, climate science or meteorology methods and software including image pre-processing, classification, statistical analysis and machine learning
Experience in programming in the GEO, Climate or Earth Observation domain
Knowledge of Databases for raster management such as open data cube or Rasdaman
Knowledge of earth observation software tools such as Sentinel (SNAP) or Orfeo Toolboxes
Knowledge of GIS Systems (GRASS software suite, QGIS, ArcGIS, etc.)
- Research Field
- Computer science
- Years of Research Experience
- 1 - 4
Additional Information
1 year contract, potentially extendable of up to 3 years.
An interesting, highly responsible job in a young international and interdisciplinary team
State-of-the-art technical facilities (soft- and hardware, communication tools)
Professional development opportunities
Flexible working hours
Benefits (e.g. family-friendly benefits, etc.)
Access to EURAC’s numerous scientific and cultural facilities and events
An attractive working place in a vivid city in the heart of the Alps with endless opportunities for skiing, hiking, climbing
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Eurac Research
- Country
- Italy
- State/Province
- Bolzano
- City
- Bolzano
- Postal Code
- 39100
- Street
- Viale Druso, 1
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
- State/Province
- Bolzano/Bozen
- City
- Bolzano
- Website
- Street
- Viale Druso 1
- Postal Code
- 39100
- earth.observation@eurac.edu
- Phone
- +39 0471 055383